Richard R RamosRichard R. Ramos. Founder of Parents on a Mission,Youth on a Mission, and Latino Coalition for Community Leadership

Trapped and Sold: Lina’s Harrowing Experience in the Sex Trade

24 Jul 2026 · 1 min

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Lina was trafficked at 18 from Cairo across the desert into Israel and sold to brothels. She describes being forced under barbed wire, smuggled illegally, and locked in dark rooms where men visited. Her memoir Miraculous details the journey and conditions, emphasizing that at 18 she was still a child, not an adult.

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Because it's gonna get worse until it gets better, okay? So now I'm 18 years old, I'm in, uh, in Egypt. I, I find out that we're in Cairo, Egypt, and then they brought us— actually, there is like whole, whole story. If you guys want to read my book, it's called Miraculous: My Journey from Hell to Heaven. I explained there's in details how like They forced us under the barbed wire through the desert, and they brought us into Israel illegally. And then they sold us to different brothels. All those, you know, like if you watch the movies with this dark room, the red velvet couches, and the men coming by, like women, or what women, like we were like 18-year-olds. So I don't think it's, I don't know, I see my 18. 18-year-old, she's still a kid, no matter where you grow up. I don't think like 18 counts as an adult.